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Post by §ùp€®ÑÓV∆ on Jul 26, 2004 1:12:49 GMT -5
I have always found this interesting. In 1963, Chevrolet created three fastback Novas for road race competition. The Novas were all convertibles pulled from the regular production line. They were then shipped to the Corvette plant for the addition of fiberglass parts. The doors, inner panels, front fenders, hood and both front and rear bumpers were all 'glass. The new roof and fastback was also made of fiberglass and bonded to the metal. The fastback covered what would have been the trunk lid and blocked all access to the trunk area from the outside. After a 1963 Corvette independent rear suspension was also added, the cars were shipped to Bill Thomas in California. Chevrolet also shipped the "Mystery Motors", that later ended up with Smokey Yunick, to Bill to be installed in the Novas. Bills job was to install the engines and setup the suspension for road racing. Before the Novas could be completed, GM put a ban on all factory racing. GM had ordered the cars to be crushed. Bill worked out a deal to keep the cars as payment for his work. One of these cars was wrecked...another's hatch flew off at 155mph. I doubt either of the last 2 are left. Built for road racing, but never saw a track. Besides the strip. Info from Novaresource.com
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Post by 73Nova73 on Jul 26, 2004 19:24:46 GMT -5
I've seen those before, alomost looks like an old charger. Only thing I don't understand is why did they put a ban on factory race cars only to build one a few years later with the Z/28 Camaro.
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Post by 73Nova73 on Jul 26, 2004 19:30:41 GMT -5
BTW, the guy that runs the Nova resource is a dick, he's a know-it-all asshole. He is a fellow member of the Nova listserv. It's a cool mailing list though, I recommend joining if anyone is into Nova's. people.smu.edu/acambre/novaList.html(just don't get on the bad side of the owner of the list Aren Cambre.)
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Post by §ùp€®ÑÓV∆ on Jul 27, 2004 0:46:50 GMT -5
Ive never talked to the guy on Novaresource other then having my car added to the gallery. I just go there because of some of the cool info.
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